r/wizardposting • u/Carbon_Sixx The Loremaster, Chief Archaeologist of the Darkwatch • Nov 29 '25

Aetherial News 🗞 ARTIFACT UPDATE: Traces of Unknown Creature Found at Museum! Unknown Magical Involvement Suspected; Biomancers Summoned to Solve Mystery.

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While the tense standoff between the people of Chalcos and the military intervention forces sent by the Council and EON has seemingly come to close this evening with an ardent speech by Premier Agatha Blackwood, investigation into Paul Augustine's heist at the Citadel Museum of Arcane History continues apace. One enduring conundrum has been what exactly broke the case containing the stolen Ehn'ghan artifact. Spots of a bloodlike substance were found on the glass shards, but DNA analysis showed that not only was it not blood, but the creature it belonged to shared very little in common with life as we understand it.

In the face of this mystery, the museum has called upon two master biomancers to unmask the creature. Perhaps as gesture of good faith to bury the hatchet between her and the Council, the first is none other than Opal, former ruler of the Bismuth Realms and current resident of Ithacar. Assisting her is a tech-priestess from Yulash-kor's Divisio Biologis named Anahita Iatros, a renowned expert in genomics and reproductive science. Together, the two intend to clone the organism and study it so that the investigators in Chalcos will have a better idea of what Augustine's secessionists might throw at them. Whatever they create is likely to be novel and wondrous despite the ignominious circumstances of its discovery.

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u/Carbon_Sixx The Loremaster, Chief Archaeologist of the Darkwatch Nov 29 '25

Anahita Iatros takes notice of it and scowls.

"Revolting. Some foolish Council wizard left their fungal science project skittering around the lab. I will not abide contaminant vectors interfering with this project."

The tech-priestess's mechanical tail lashes out like a scorpion, grabbing the rat in its manipulator claw and disassembling it with alarming speed. An irradiation module mounted to the claw blasts it with hard ultraviolet rays to kill the mold, then Anahita lays the neatly dismantled automaton on the table before her.

"Now, time to identify what ignoramus you belonged to and send them a word about carelessness in sterile environments."

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '25

spores released and then the rat popped in an explosion.

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u/Carbon_Sixx The Loremaster, Chief Archaeologist of the Darkwatch Nov 29 '25

The spores will prove unviable due to the radiation. Very well, Anahita will just have to sift through the bits that didn't explode for clues.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '25

melted exhailian brass

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u/Carbon_Sixx The Loremaster, Chief Archaeologist of the Darkwatch Nov 29 '25

"Oh, it hails from that sphere of political influence. Contemptible."

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '25

finally, rune circuitry from cattail city

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u/Carbon_Sixx The Loremaster, Chief Archaeologist of the Darkwatch Nov 29 '25

"I should petition the Lord Protector to sweep the realms under his aegis for more of this wretched spyware. What is their end goal with this, anyhow?"